Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Aluminum company says preferred site for new smelter is a region of Kentucky hit hard by job losses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region ha...
Mar 25, 2024
Florida's DeSantis signs one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida will have one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors - if it withstands expected legal challenges - under a bill signed by Republican Florida G...
Mar 25, 2024
Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with...
Mar 25, 2024
More Canadians ditch traditional TV as streamers are 'winning the battle': report
A new report suggests Canadians' television viewing habits continue to shift toward streaming platforms at the expense of traditional cable and satellite subscriptions, at a time when the federal regu...
Mar 25, 2024
Court agrees to pause collection of Trump's massive civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump's more than $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 day...
Mar 24, 2024
Linda Bean, an entrepreneur, GOP activist and granddaughter of outdoor retailer LL Bean, has died
Linda L. Bean, a granddaughter of famed outdoor retailer L.L. Bean who became an entrepreneur, philanthropist and conservative activist, has died at age 82. Bean died Saturday, her business manager, V...
Mar 24, 2024
One Tech Tip: How to get around Instagram's new limits on political content
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Instagram has started an automatic clamp down on the amount of political content appearing in its users' feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the contro...
Mar 23, 2024
Georgia bill would give utility regulators extra years in office without facing voters
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's Public Service Commission is an elected body that's gone years without having elections because of a redistricting lawsuit. Anticipating that a court will order elections to r...
Mar 22, 2024
California governor, celebrities and activists launch campaign to protect law limiting oil wells
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jane Fonda joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmental advocates in Los Angeles on Friday to launch a campaign to keep a 2022 law banning...
Mar 22, 2024
Trump says he has nearly $500 million in cash but doesn't want to use it to pay New York judgment
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump claimed on Friday to have almost a half-billion dollars in cash but said he'd rather spend it on his presidential run than on the $454 million civil fraud judgment against...
Mar 22, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...